Happy birthday to Sam Peckinpah, born on this day in 1925. dharlanwilson.com/books/peckin... Shroud Books (2009) @rdspress.bsky.social (2013) Ediciones Vestigio (2022)

“Alex Cox, in what may be his final film, smartly reconfigures the classic theme of bureaucratic greed in Tsarist Russia into a bold, timely political #Western situated in the borderlands of the 19th-century American West.” #SFIndiefest review: filmint.nu/dead-souls-a... #russianlit #immigration

It's that time! Vote in the annual Locus Awards Poll & Survey to determine the winners of the 2026 awards (tickets available now)! You can vote at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

Today's a great day to join The Projection Booth's Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/projection...

Today is the last day to vote for the BSFA Award. STRANGELOVE COUNTRY (which I wrote) and Norman Spinrad’s WELCOME TO YOUR DREAMTIME (which I edited) both received nominations. Thanks again to everyone who helped with these projects. dharlanwilson.com/books/strang...

“Film doesn’t really care about national borders,” Kurosawa writes. “It plays an important role by enabling people to understand each other, actually.” Beautiful translated nonfiction roundup in Kirkus: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

The 1979 Strugatsky brothers film "Dead Mountaineer's Hotel" is a fascinating, deeply weird sci-fi twist on detective fiction that asks uncomfortable questions about how we treat people who are not like us:

New Writers on Film episode How do we screen disabilities in cinema? Kristen Lopez joins me to talk about her new book and much more podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/w...

Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year. Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!

BOOK RECEIVED SFF scholars: If you’re interested in reviewing Amanda Dillon’s METAFICTION AND NARRATIVE WORLDS IN SCIENCE FICTION for EXTRAPOLATION, please send a query to me at [email protected]. Thanks! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... @livunipress.bsky.social (2025)

Stephanie Ellis has captured the essence of reading Everything Endless by @nytebird45.bsky.social and Jamal Hodge in her review in The Horror Tree. horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo...

My monograph on Stanley Kubrick’s futurist cinema, STRANGELOVE COUNTRY, has been nominated for the BSFA Award and is eligible for the Locus and Hugo Awards. Complimentary copies are available to voters for consideration. dharlanwilson.com/books/strang... Stalking Horse Press (2025)

Are you a cover lover? Join as a member today to choose which Anthology cover you get to bring home: https://lareviewofbooks.org/membership/

Flight Crew is looking for new members to help run online events during the Nebulas & year round. No experience necessary, just some free time & general willingness to help out. Flight Crew members handle panel broadcasts, workshops, writing dates, & virtual receptions. Join us! sfwa.org/volunteer

This infographic is part of Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom's series, "Faculty on the Front Lines," which spotlights AAUP members who share their stories of repression and resistance in the face of partisan interference and violations of academic freedom. Learn more at the link below👇

Love is a way of taking in the whole world as seen through the eyes of the beloved.

“Reading SHADOW TICKET gave me the same buzz as watching anything by David Lynch…” Ian Mond reviews work by Thomas Pynchon

BOOK DEAL: We've signed the ABANDONED: ASYLUM anth edited by @mothman13.bsky.social! Jim is a fantastic editor with a keen eye for story. We're very pleased to have a chance to publish this. Final TOC and Kickstarter details for this project will be coming soon. rawdogscreaming.com/book-deal-ab...

About 10 years in the making, USURPER, the sequel to OUTRÉ, is officially published today. Endless gratitude to @guidedogbooks.bsky.social, @rdspress.bsky.social, and all of the publishers, editors, and readers who let me play in my corner of the sandbox. dharlanwilson.com/books/usurper

Today is publication day for Usurper by @dharlanwilson.bsky.social and I think y'all should check it out. I wrote about it on We the Hallowed a little while back and thought it was utterly fascinating.

"Usurper is an existential orchestra of prose."—Eugen Bacon Congratulations to @dharlanwilson.bsky.social on today's release of USURPER, a truly unique novel. If you're tired of the same-old this is your cure! www.amazon.com/Usurper-Essa...

Out today! USURPER: ESSAYS ON THE DEATH OF REALITY by @dharlanwilson.bsky.social. Review copies available. If you entered the Goodreads Giveaway, 10 signed copies will be mailed out to winners this week. rawdogscreaming.com/book/usurper... @guidedogbooks.bsky.social @rdspress.bsky.social

Tomorrow is the official publication day for USURPER, at which point the Goodreads Giveaway for my latest novel will close. Enter to win one of ten signed copies. Free copies remain available for reviewers. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... @guidedogbooks.bsky.social @rdspress.bsky.social

🚀 An amazing night at the Flame Tree Press Sauúti Horrors anthology launch, where I caught @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @genni.bsky.social and met the wonderful Cheryl Ntumy and Jude Umeh. This sci-fi universe is 100% African and bursting with detail. Get it today wherever you find your books!

Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations. 72/734 Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (1983)

"The strangest thing about killing someone was how easy it was to forget I had done it: if I wasn't thinking about it, then it was like it had never happened. It was in the murder box in the attic of my mind, next to the old Scalextric and Christmas decorations." plumeriapics.co.uk/shop/ols/pro...

Enter the Goodreads Giveaway to win a paperback copy of USURPER signed by @dharlanwilson.bsky.social. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... Coming on February 11 from GDB and @rdspress.bsky.social. If you’re interested in reviewing this title, contact us for a free copy.

Happy Birthday to Rob St. Mary! Hear him on SO MANY episodes of The Projection Booth including BLOODSUCKING FREAKS: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2011/12/epis...

We'd really like to reopen in a brick and mortar format, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. Pictured is one of the spaces we're looking at. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

Sunset at Zero Point by Simon Stålenhag: Review by Gary K. Wolfe locusmag.com/review/...

Bloody Disgusting has a fabulous list of 2026 horror releases and THE HAUNTED HOUSES SHE CALLS HER OWN by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social is one of the two short story collections they included. Check out the full list bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3...

Thank you to Magdalena Nitchi and ImaginAtlas for the stellar review of @ivygrimes.bsky.social upcoming folk horror THE CELLAR BELOW THE CELLAR! 💜🌌 📝 Read the full review: imaginatlas.ca/catch-of-the... 📚 Get more info on CELLAR here: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the...

Protect your brain and your mind. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

the second newsletter of the International Theory-Fiction Consortium is *now out* theoryfictionconsortium.substack.com/p/newsletter...

The Journal of NoirCon is currently featuring Vince Liaguno's poem "American Psychos" from DEMO REELS AND ARTHOUSE MADNESS. We're tickled to see it included in such a cool and different publication! Read the poem here: retreatsfromoblivion.com/2026/01/29/p...

It’s awards season and the recommended reading list for the Locus Awards has been announced. STRANGELOVE COUNTRY isn’t on the list, but it is eligible in the Best Nonfiction category, and write-ins are welcome. I’m happy to provide inspection copies to interested readers. poll.voting.locusmag.com

Sunday is a perfect day to curl up with a good podcast and listen to Sir Christopher Frayling talking about Hollywood’s version of art open.spotify.com/episode/3Nas...

Happy Birthday to Emily Intravia! Hear her on our episode about THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2020/03/epis...

Education is our right. “One thing I want to leave you here with is that Aggies ‘Gig ‘em,’ but we don’t ‘Gag ‘em’,” Bright said.  “We’re going to fight until hell freezes over, and then we’re going to fight on the ice.”

Happy birthday, BIG OTHER contributor Shira Dentz! Celebrate by reading these Dentz poems I published in the journal in 2019! bigother.com/2026/02/01/f...

Are you struggling to find the right place to start your book or essay? Are you stuck looking for the heart of the story? Join Sarah LaBrie's upcoming LARB workshop to learn screenwriting structures that help your work flow: https://lareviewofbooks.org/event/finding-the-story-with-sarah-labrie

Our February 2026 issue features stories by Sarah Pauling, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Raahem Alvi, Claire Jia-Wen, Fiona Moore, Rich Larson, and Louis Inglis Hall. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_233 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

UNC's redefinition of academic freedom as not absolute "does little to clarify key terms, leaving open the possibility for certain actors to retaliate against instructors with whom an institution, an administrator, or an outside party disagrees, thereby increasing the threat of self-censorship.”

Here’s the full jacket for the upcoming US edition of @steveaylett.bsky.social’s novel THE BOOK LOVERS. Review copies will be available soon. Coming in April from Anti-Oedipus Press. anti-oedipuspress.com/books/the-bo...

"If you enjoy reading compelling anecdotes about remarkable (and often veridical) paranormal experiences, then you’ll no doubt find much of this material to be fascinating." Read the rest of the review of PARANORMAL STATES from The Incorporated Society for Psychical Research.

Oh, to be ignored by a loafing cat in a magical cherry blossom bookstore 🌸 We're charmed to reveal an excerpt from Takuya Asakura's The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop!

The Angry Gable #29 featuring Matt Brandenburg! angrygablepress.com/2026/01/27/t...

Today we're revealing the cover for @pedroiniguez.bsky.social's poetry collection THE BUILD-A-MONSTER WORKSHOP created by Scott Cole from 13Visions. Check it out and let us know what you think! rawdogscreaming.com/cover-reveal...